European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 03, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday april 3.1 the stars and stripes Odenwald Neckar Beauty a by Harvey Sanderson staff correspondent editor s note since present Day route maps and tour Iti data for Germany and Austria Are obsolete As a guide to postwar touring the stars and stripes has inaugurated a new saturday feature titled picnic three Sug. Tested one Day motor Tours will be published weekly Dur ing the next six weeks. Your comments and suggestions will be appreciated. Prom Frankfurt into the rolling Hills of the Oden Wald country via Darmstadt along the Placid Neckar River into Heidelberg one of the of Germany is a sunday Circle tour which will take you through some Scenic stars and stripes Survey car pulled away from the Bohnhof in Frankfurt at 10 . And came Brackat 6 . Because this was a Survey trip studying a route plotted from prewar Road maps the Survey team lost considerable time checking alternate routes when the map. Route proved strictly theoretical. However counting stops for lunch and a possible Side trip to Frankenstein or one of the other castles along the Way you should be Able to make this Sun originally the route called for travelling up the main River Valley and to Wieburg via Hanau but this Section was abandoned for the autobahn when it was found that the badly pitted roads went through comparatively unimpressive Countryside. So from Frankfurt travel Down the autobahn to Darmstadt and turn off. You pass through Darmstadt and follow route 61 to Wieburg where you pick up route n45 running South through Michel Stadt Erbach and Bee Felden to the Neckar River at la travel Over Macadam roads in excellent condition through the Lovely wooded Countryside Over winding route that offers an endless Panorama of subjects for the camera enthusiast. Throughout the route you la find the roads All Well is in the air in the Odenwald country an already the Cherry blossoms lend touches of gaiety to Mannheim i Heidelberg if you be had enough touring for the Day an to Call it quits there s the autobahn from Heide but if you Are still game we suggest Shatas we did and travel route 3 from Heidet Darmstadt. The Road is Good and it winds through some testing towns and Countryside. At Jugen Herm you have ish Opportunity Torcastle of Frankenstein. It s a single track Road would t care to travel it in wet weather a View from the towers of the old Castle is Wor Effort. You get a splendid View of the Broa Valley to the West while to the East you have passive View of the Odenwald country. The too much left of this 13th-Century Castle scenery makes it worthwhile. From Darmstadt you can continue on rout Good roads into Frankfurt but you Are ready to swing out onto the autobahn it a Day. It s a Day that will live in your men one far removed from the rubble heaps that most of Germany s cities. If you want to go to Church along the rout suggest services in Darmstadt or Heidelberg find them listed in today s stars and stripes. A motor drive tug and its heavy Laden Burden chugs through the Placid Waters of the Neckar River below Heidelberg to add color and action to the scene from a stripes tested picnic trails excursion. The new Green of the Fields. You will want to Stop fora few minutes m the Center of the Little town of Michel Stadt. The ancient weighing building with it clock offers picture possibilities. If you Are packing a picnic lunch and we d suggest that you do you la find no end of spots along the route to Munch your sandwiches and enjoy the Eberbach we swing along the Neckar through country strikingly like the Susquehanna country i Northern Pennsylvania save that the mountains of Coal waste Are missing. The excellent water level run offers interesting vistas of the Countryside with now and then a motor Barge lumbering busily through the Green Waters of the you Haven t packed a lunch and if you get started reasonably Early you can keep right on toward Heidelberg. Even if you miss dinner there s an excellent yes snack bar on the main Street on your right after crossing the colourful Gateway Bridge into the City. The official weigh Haus in the Center of the old town of Michel Stadt will repay the dec tourists for a brie Stopover in this Village on the stripes tested Odenwald Neckar picnic trails tour. Is photos by walk towers Walls of Rothenburg Overlook Tauben stills to stripes by win fanning staff correspondent Stuttgart is some years ago when i w38 studying German in College we Learned an old bavarian folksong in Rother Iburg of Der Tauber Hayden Schonstein Traum Ich in Rothen Burg i dreamed the most Beautiful dream of my life in the summer of 1945 therefore when i rolled up to one of the Gates of the age old walled fortress town Ina battered jeep i was not a Little disillusioned to find off limits signs plastered against the towers and from a g2 major that this romantic bavarian town Imd been discovered to be the location of a school for i lure nazi leaders and a hot bed of nazism in general. It was thus nearly three years later when i finally managed to satisfy my curiosity by entering and visiting picturesque Rothenburg. It was Well Worth waiting for. From Stuttgart the Best route to follow to Rothenburg is Over so Krabisch Hall Langenburg and Blaufelder. The Highway to Hall with the exception of a Short stretch near Baek Nang is an exceptionally Good Road. From Hall to i Langenburg the Road is quite Good but the going from Here to Rothenburg. About 40 Kilometres can Only be described As fair. The German Road signs Are frequent but a careful watch must be kept in Hall As it is easy to get off route Here at the Bottom of the Long Hill leading into Hall you turn left then right Over a Concrete Bridge past a German gasoline station before coming to a y in the Middle x f which Are approximately a dozen direction markers. Here you should not follow the sign to Rothenburg across the Market Square of Rothenburg shown Here is the drinking Ball Wiere a Man drank three and one half quarts of wine at one sitting to save the town during the so years War. Is photo by butter 4j Crail sheim but should turn left on the route mar cd Langen Faure. This Road will also be marked for hot he Burg As you go along. It is Wise to Stop for gasoline Here. The sub Post Statia is about 100 Yards to your right at the y on the left Side. It is not Well marked but you will spot signs say ing off limits to civilians and showing conversion talk from liners to Gallons. This station is open until Sevet . Seven Days a week. ,. A Good reason to take the route Over Langenburg total distance of about 110 Kilometres or approximately. Two and a half to three hours driving is that one e$4 Europe s finest weapons collections is located in the Hohenlohe Castle in Langenburg. You can t miss ten Castle which dominates the landscape As you approach the Village and by turning left at the top of the Hill you enter the town proper you will be Able to straight through the Castle Gate. Unless you speak German Prince von Hohenlohe Langenburg suggests you Call the Day before Langea Burg 141 to make sure that either he or one of the princesses All of whom speak English is at Home to you through the museum. If you speak German the can taker has been instructed to permit you to View the Lection and can of course explain the exhibits of and Armor. It will interest you to know that the Prince wife is Princess Margaret of Greece one of lord month Batten s three Sisters. V not Long after you leave Blaufelder you will suddenly look up to your left and see what looks for All the world like Hollywood movie background for a medieval joust match. High on the Hill above the Tauber River Are Walls and towers of Rothen Birg
